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Abstract:

The invention provides a cosmetic material applying device which can
efficiently apply a cosmetic material by fixing an applying member so as
to be prevented from being detached, and making a contact surface with
the hair be exposed much, and makes the hair hard to be entwined at a
time of combing the hair. In a cosmetic material applying device having
an applying member constructed by an elastic material, and a main body
portion with an applying portion to which the applying member can be
installed, the main body portion is further provided with a plurality of
locking members which lock the applying member to the applying portion,
comb teeth in a longer direction which are provided in a longer direction
of the applying portion, comb teeth in a shorter direction which are
provided in a shorter direction in a leading end of the applying portion,
and a through hole.

Claims:

1. A cosmetic material applying device comprising: an applying member
formed by an elastic material capable of being impregnated with a liquid
cosmetic material; and a main body portion which is provided with a
rod-shaped shaft portion, a grip portion arranged on one end of the shaft
portion, and an applying portion capable of locking said applying member
arranged on another end of the shaft portion, wherein said applying
portion of said main body portion further comprises: teeth of comb in a
longer direction which are constructed by a plurality of teeth provided
in a row in the longer direction erectly; teeth of comb in a shorter
direction which are constructed by a plurality of teeth provided in a row
in the shorter direction of a leading end of said applying portion
erectly; a plurality of through holes; and a plurality of locking members
for locking said applying member to said applying portion, having
projections formed at their vertex portions, and wherein said projections
of said locking members are provided in such a manner as to be positioned
at an end of a top surface of said applying member at a time of locking
said applying member to said applying portion.

2. A cosmetic material applying device as claimed in claim 1, wherein
said comb teeth in the longer direction are provided in such a manner as
to be positioned in both sides in the longer direction of said applying
member which is locked to said applying portion.

3. A cosmetic material applying device as claimed in claim 1, wherein
said comb teeth in the longer direction are provided in said applying
portion in a plurality of rows along the shorter direction.

4. A cosmetic material applying device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the
top surface of said applying member is at a position which is lower than
the vertex position of each tooth of said comb teeth in the longer
direction and said comb teeth in the shorter direction, at a time of
being locked to said applying portion.

5. A cosmetic material applying device as claimed in claim 1, wherein
said locking members are provided in such a manner that said projections
are positioned at the end of the top surface in the longer direction of
said applying member.

6. A cosmetic material applying device as claimed in claim 1, wherein
said locking members are provided in such a manner that said projections
are positioned at the end of the top surface in the shorter direction of
said applying member.

7. A cosmetic material applying device as claimed in claim 1, wherein
said locking members are provided in such a manner that said projections
are positioned at the ends of the top surfaces in the longer direction
and the shorter direction of said applying member.

8. A cosmetic material applying device as claimed in claim 1, wherein
said shaft portion is inflected in the middle in the axial direction.

9. A cosmetic material applying device as claimed in claim 1, wherein
said shaft portion is structured such that at least one corner portion is
formed in such a manner as to extend in an axial direction of an outer
peripheral surface.

Description:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates to a cosmetic material applying
device which is used for applying a liquid cosmetic material.

[0003] 2. Description of the Conventional Art

[0004] In a cosmetic material used for hair, there are variously a hair
manicure, a hair dye, a hair dressing material and the like, and it is
general to use an applying device such as a comb having a lot of teeth or
a brush at a time of applying the cosmetic materials for hair.

[0005] However, at a time of actually applying the cosmetic material to
the hair, it is often the case that the cosmetic material is used after
being attached to the hair by a user's own hand before using the comb or
the brush, and the user has to wash away the cosmetic material left in
the hand.

[0006] Further, in the case that the cosmetic material is used by being
attached to the applying device, it is often the case that a sufficient
amount of cosmetic material is not attached to the teeth of comb, so that
it takes a lot of trouble with attachment of the cosmetic material to the
applying device again and again and an efficiency is not good.

[0007] In order to solve the problem as mentioned above, there have been
proposed various applying devices which are provided with members for
retaining the cosmetic materials.

[0008] For example, in Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication No.
1-164904, there is described a cosmetic material applying device for hair
in which a plurality of teeth of comb 6 are arranged in an applying
portion 5 in a line, and a cosmetic material retaining member 7 is
provided so as to be inserted into a through hole 6a which is provided in
an inner portion of the teeth of comb 6, whereby a cosmetic material
impregnated in the cosmetic material retaining member 7 can be applied to
the hair.

[0009] Further, in Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication No.
4-123120, there is described a hair brush which is provided with a member
1 retaining a liquid material, and a member 2 for bringing the liquid
material into contact with the hair.

[0010] However, in the cosmetic material applying device for the hair
described in Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication No. 1-164904
mentioned above, since the cosmetic material retaining member 7 is
provided within the through hole 6a in the inner portion of the comb
teeth 6, an exposure area of the cosmetic material retaining member 7 is
reduced by the comb teeth 6, and it has been hard to efficiently apply a
large amount of cosmetic material at a time of applying the cosmetic
material to the hair.

[0011] Further, the hair brush described in Japanese Unexamined Utility
Model Publication No. 4-123120 mentioned above is structured such that
the liquid material retaining member 1 corresponding to the member for
retaining the liquid material is attached to the hair brush by being
pressed into a concave portion 3 or the like, and is not structured such
as to be attached by using a special member, and there is a risk that the
liquid material retaining member 1 is detached from the hair brush in an
alternating succession of the application.

[0012] Further, in the case that the cosmetic material for hair having a
high viscosity is applied, it is often the case that the hair entwines
with the comb teeth by carrying out a motion of combing the hair while
attaching the cosmetic material to the hair, whereby the hair is pulled
out of a scalp, and an improvement has been demanded.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0013] Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a
cosmetic material applying device which can efficiently apply a cosmetic
material to the hair or the like by locking an applying member
impregnated with the cosmetic material so as to be prevented from being
detached, and making a surface coming into contact with the hair be
exposed much, and makes the hair hard to be entwined at a time of combing
the hair while applying the cosmetic material.

[0014] In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a
cosmetic material applying device comprising:

[0015] an applying member formed by an elastic material capable of being
impregnated with a liquid cosmetic material; and

[0016] a main body portion which is provided with a rod-shaped shaft
portion, a grip portion arranged on one end of the shaft portion, and an
applying portion capable of locking the applying member arranged on
another end of the shaft portion,

[0017] wherein the applying portion of the main body portion further
comprises:

[0018] teeth of comb in a longer direction which are constructed by a
plurality of teeth provided in a row in the longer direction erectly;

[0019] teeth of comb in a shorter direction which are constructed by a
plurality of teeth provided in a row in the shorted direction of a
leading end of the applying portion erectly;

[0020] a plurality of through holes; and

[0021] a plurality of locking members for locking the applying member to
the applying portion, having projections formed at their vertex portions,

[0022] wherein the projections of the locking members are provided in such
a manner as to be positioned in an end of a top surface of the applying
member at a time of locking the applying member to the applying portion.

[0023] Further, the comb teeth in the longer direction are provided in
such a manner as to be positioned in both sides in the longer direction
of the applying member which is locked to the applying portion.

[0024] Further, the comb teeth in the longer direction are provided in the
applying portion in a plurality of rows along the shorter direction.

[0025] Further, the top surface of the applying member is at a position
which is lower than the vertex position of each tooth in the comb teeth
in the longer direction and the comb teeth in the shorter direction, at a
time of being locked to the applying portion.

[0026] Further, the locking members are provided in such a manner that the
projections are positioned at the end of the top surface in the longer
direction of the applying member.

[0027] Further, the locking members are provided in such a manner that the
projections are positioned at the end of the top surface in the shorter
direction of the applying member.

[0028] Further, the locking members are provided in such a manner that the
projections are positioned at the ends of the top surfaces in the longer
direction and the shorter direction of the applying member.

[0029] Further, the shaft portion is inflected in the middle of the axial
direction.

[0030] Further, the shaft portion is structured such that at least one
corner portion is formed in such a manner as to extend in an axial
direction of an outer peripheral surface.

[0031] With the structure mentioned above, it is possible to lock the
applying member in such a manner as to prevent the applying member from
being detached, and it is possible to make the applying surface of the
applying member be exposed much.

[0032] In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a
cosmetic material applying device in which the applying member can be
prevented from being detached from the applying portion by enabling the
applying member to be locked to the applying portion by the projections
of the locking members, and an area at which the applying member comes
into direct contact with the hair can be increased at a time of applying
the liquid cosmetic material to the hair or the like, thereby efficiently
apply the liquid cosmetic material.

[0033] Further, since the applying member is formed by the elastic body,
and the comb teeth in the longer direction and the comb teeth in the
shorted direction are provided erectly in a row, it is possible to make
the hair hard to be entwined with the comb teeth at a time of combing the
hair while applying the liquid cosmetic material to the hair.

BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0034] FIG. 1 shows a whole in the case that a main body portion of a
cosmetic material applying device in accordance with the present
invention is accommodated in a bottle;

[0035] FIG. 2 is a view in the case of viewing a part of a main body
portion of a cosmetic material applying device in accordance with a first
embodiment and a cross sectional view of the bottle from a front face;

[0036]FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the main body portion in accordance
with the first embodiment;

[0037] FIGS. 4A, 4B and 4C show the main body portion in accordance with
the first embodiment, in which FIG. 4A is a bottom view, FIG. 4B is a
side view, and FIG. 4C is a plan view;

[0038] FIGS. 5A and 5B are enlarged perspective views showing an applying
portion of the main body portion in accordance with the first embodiment,
in which

[0039] FIG. 5A shows a state in which an applying member is not locked,
and FIG. 5B shows a state in which the applying member is locked;

[0040] FIG. 6 is a view for explaining a displacement of the applying
member at a time of using the cosmetic material applying device in
accordance with the present invention;

[0041] FIGS. 7A and 7B show a main body portion in accordance with a
second embodiment, in which FIG. 7A is a side view and FIG. 7B is a plan
view;

[0042] FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the main body portion in accordance
with the second embodiment;

[0043]FIG. 9 is a cross sectional view of a shaft portion taken along a
line A-A in FIG. 7; and

[0044] FIG. 10 is a view at a time of viewing a cross sectional view in
the case that the main body portion in accordance with the second
embodiment is installed to the bottle from a front face.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0045] A description will be in detail given below of embodiments in
accordance with the present invention with reference to the accompanying
drawings. In this case, the same reference numerals are attached to the
same or corresponding elements and an overlapping description will be
omitted.

[0046] In the present embodiment, the description will be given of a
cosmetic material applying device for applying a liquid cosmetic material
such as a hair dye material, a pigment for hair and a hair dressing
material to the hair. Further, the liquid cosmetic material in the
present invention is assumed to include a cosmetic material having a
viscosity except a solid cosmetic material, a semisolid cosmetic
material.

[0047] First of all, a description will be given of a cosmetic material
applying device 100 in accordance with a first embodiment.

[0048] The cosmetic material applying device 100 in accordance with the
first embodiment can be used by being combined with a bottle 2 which can
accommodate a liquid cosmetic material A in an inner portion, as shown in
FIG. 1 and FIG. 2. In this case, a structure which can be combined with
the cosmetic material applying device 100 in accordance with the present
invention is not limited to a bottom type as long as a container can
accommodate a liquid cosmetic material such as a jar container or the
like, in addition to the illustrated bottle 2.

[0049] FIG. 2 to FIG. 5 show a partly cross sectional view, a general
perspective view, a three-elevational view and an enlarged view of a main
body portion 1 of the cosmetic material applying device 100 in accordance
with the first embodiment. Further, as shown in these drawings, the main
body portion 1 is constructed by a rod-shaped shaft portion 3, a grip
portion 4 which is provided at one end of the shaft portion 3 and plays a
part in a portion which a user grips at a time of using the main body
portion 1, and an applying portion 5 which is provided at another end of
the shaft portion 3 so as to come into direct contact with the hair and
apply the liquid cosmetic material, and can lock an applying member 6
playing a part in combing the hair.

[0050] The shaft portion 3 is formed as a rod shape having a round cross
section, is inflected slightly in the middle in an axial direction, and
is divided into a base portion side 3a and a leading end side 3b while
holding the inflected portion therebetween. Further, the shaft portion 3
is formed as a shape (a crank shape) which is shifted in parallel in such
a manner that axes of the base portion side 3a and the leading end side
3b are in parallel. Since the shaft portion 3 is formed as the crank
shape as mentioned above, it is easy to bring the applying portion 5 into
contact with the hair in the case that a user combs the hair.

[0051] Further, as shown in FIG. 2, one end of the shaft portion 3 (an end
of the base portion side 3a) is provided with a plug body 3c which is
formed so as to be somewhat tapered toward the above of the drawing, and
a plurality of protrusions 3d which can engage with protrusions 4c
mentioned below of the grip portion 4 are formed in an axial direction on
an outer peripheral surface of the plug body 3c.

[0052] Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the leading end side 3b is provided
with a wall 3e for restricting a motion in an axial direction of the
applying member 6 at a time when the applying member 6 is locked to the
applying portion 5.

[0053] The grip portion 4 is formed in a cylindrical outer shape having an
opening portion 4a at one end, a female thread 4b which can be connected
by screw to a male screw 2a of the bottle 2 shown in FIG. 2 is formed in
an inner peripheral surface in the vicinity of the opening portion 4a,
and a protrusions 4c which can engaged with the protrusions 3d formed in
the plug body 3c of the shaft portion 3 mentioned above is formed in an
inner peripheral surface.

[0054] Further, the grip portion 4 and the shat portion 3 are engaged so
as to be non-rotatable in a peripheral direction and are engaged so as to
be movable in an axial direction on the basis of the engagement between
the protrusion 3d and the protrusion 4c, by fining the grip portion 4
having the structure mentioned above to the plug body 3c of the shaft
portion 3 (one end of the shaft portion 3) from the opening portion 4a
side. In other words, the grip portion 4 and the shaft portion 3 become
integrated.

[0055] The main body portion 1 is structured as mentioned above such that
the grip portion 4 and the shaft portion 3 are integrated, and the female
thread 4b of the grip portion 4 can connect by screw to the male screw 2a
of the bottle 2, therefore the main body portion 1 and the bottle 2 can
be detachably engaged.

[0056] The applying portion 5 is provided at another end (an end of the
leading end side 3b) which is an opposite side to the side in which the
grip portion 4 of the shaft portion 3 is provided, and is used by locking
the applying member 6.

[0057] As a structure of the applying portion 5, it has as main
constructing elements a pedestal portion 5e which extends horizontally in
an axial direction from an end of the leading end side 3b of the shaft
portion 3, longer direction comb teeth 5a and shorter direction comb
teeth 5b for combing the hair which are provided so as to stand erect in
a vertical direction from the pedestal portion 5e, and a locking member
5c for locking the applying member 6 which is locked to the applying
portion 5.

[0058] The pedestal portion 5e extends horizontally in the axial direction
from the leading end side 3b of the shaft portion 3, as shown in FIG. 4B,
and the leading end side 3b of the shaft portion 3 and the pedestal
portion 5e are formed as an identical shaft shape. In other words, the
pedestal portion 5e becomes in parallel to axis of the base portion side
3a of the shaft portion 3 in the same manner as the leading end side 3b
of the shaft portion 3. Further, the pedestal portion 5e is provided with
a plurality of through holes 5d shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B. The through
hole 5d is formed as a hole which can pass a liquid cosmetic material
through.

[0059] In this case, as shown in FIG. 4A, the shape of the through hole 5d
is formed as a rectangular shape in the present embodiment, however, it
may be formed as a circular shape, an oval shape or the like, and the
shape thereof is not particularly limited as long as it plays a part in
passing the liquid cosmetic material through.

[0060] The longer direction comb teeth 5a are formed, as shown in FIG. 3
to FIG. 5, such that a plurality of teeth extending so as to stand erect
in a vertical direction from the pedestal portion 5a come in a row in
both ends of the longer direction of the pedestal portion 5e (come in a
row in both sides of the longer direction of the applying member 6 which
is locked to the applying portion 5). Further, a leading end of each
tooth of the longer direction comb teeth 5a is formed as a tapered shape
in the present embodiment so as to come to such a shape as to easily comb
the hair.

[0061] The shorter direction comb teeth 5b are formed, as shown in FIG. 3
to FIG. 5, such that a plurality of teeth extending so as to stand erect
in a vertical direction from the pedestal portion 5e come in a row in the
shorter direction of the leading end portion of the pedestal portion 5.
Further, in this shorter direction comb teeth 5b, each tooth is formed as
a tapered shape in the present embodiment in the same manner as the
longer direction comb teeth 5b, and come to such a shape as to easily
comb the hair.

[0062] A plurality of locking members 5c are provided between the
respective teeth of the longer direction comb teeth 5c in such a manner
as to stand erect in the vertical direction from the pedestal portion 5e,
as shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 5, and a projections 5ca protruding in an
inward direction of the pedestal portion 5e is formed in a leading end
thereof. An upward movement of the applying member 6 mentioned below is
restricted by the projection 5ca.

[0063] Further, a height position in the vertical direction of the locking
member 5c is formed in such a manner as to be lower than a height
position in the vertical direction of the longer direction comb teeth 5a
and the shorter direction comb teeth 5b.

[0064] Then, the applying member 6 is locked to the applying portion 5
having the structure mentioned above.

[0065] The applying member 6 is formed as a rectangular shape as shown in
FIG. 3 to FIG. 5, and an open cell foamed material such as an expanded
polyurethane or the like and a fiber bundle are suitable for the raw
material thereof, however, the raw material is not particularly limited
as long as it can impregnate with a fixed amount of liquid cosmetic
material A so as to retain and has an elasticity which tends to compress
and restore.

[0066] Further, the applying member 6 is locked to the applying portion 5
in such a manner that the longer direction comb teeth 5a, the shorter
direction comb teeth 5b and the locking member 5c surround its periphery
as illustrated, and it closes the through holes 5d of the pedestal 5e. At
this time, the projection 5ca of the locking member 5c is positioned at
an end of a top surface T of the applying member 6 as shown in FIG. 3 and
FIG. 4, and is locked to the applying portion 5. Further, since the
applying member 6 is pressed its top surface T by the projection 5ca, the
top surface T of the applying member 6 locked to the applying portion 5
is locked in such a manner as to come to a lower position than a vertex
position of the longer direction comb teeth 5a and the shorter direction
comb teeth 5b.

[0067] Since the cosmetic material applying device 100 in accordance with
the first embodiment described above can lock the applying member 6 in
such a manner as to prevent from being detached from the applying member
5 at least by the projections 5ca of the locking member 5c, and can
increase an area in which the top surface T of the applying member 6 can
come into direction contact with the hair without any other shielding
material than the projections 5ca as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, by
employing the structure as mentioned above, it is possible to efficiently
apply the liquid cosmetic material A.

[0068] Further, the applying member 6 is locked to the applying portion 5
by the locking member 5c, however, it is structured such as to be
prevented from being detached form the applying portion 5 in a normal
use, by being controlled its movement in the axial direction by the
shorter direction comb teeth 51 and the well 3e of the shaft portion 3
shown in FIG. 5.

[0069] Further, on the basis of the structure mentioned above, it is
possible to manufacture the portion except the grip portion 4 of the main
body portion 1 by one part, thereby to hold down the parts number, and to
reduce a manufacturing cost.

[0070] In this case, a description will be given of an aspect at a time of
actually using the cosmetic material applying device 100 in accordance
with the first embodiment.

[0071] First of all, the cosmetic material applying device 100 is
connected by screw to the bottle 2 and the applying portion 5 is inserted
to the inner portion of the bottle 2. At this time, since the through
holes 5d are provided in the applying portion 5 as shown in FIGS. 4A and
4B, the liquid cosmetic material A can be absorbed not only from the top
surface T of the applying member 6 but also from the bottom surface of
the applying portion 5 provided with the through holes 5d. Accordingly,
it is possible to be efficiently impregnated with the liquid cosmetic
material A in whole of the applying member 6.

[0072] Further, since the cosmetic material applying device 100 is
provided with a scraping portion 2b in the bottle 2 as shown in FIG. 2, a
surplus liquid cosmetic material A attached to the longer direction comb
teeth 5a and the shorter direction comb teeth 5b is scraped by the
scraping portion 2b at a time of taking the cosmetic material applying
device 100 out of the bottle 2. At this time, in the cosmetic material
applying device 100, since the respective teeth of the longer direction
comb teeth 5a and the shorter direction comb teeth 5b become identical at
their vertex positions as shown in FIG. 4B (come to a state in which the
vertex positions are flat in a side elevational view), and the top
surface T of the applying member 6 is at a lower position than the vertex
of each tooth of the comb teeth, the scraping portion 2b and the applying
member 6 less come into contact with each other, so that it is possible
to uniformly scrape the surplus liquid cosmetic material A attached to
each tooth of the comb teeth, and the liquid cosmetic material A
impregnated in the applying member 6 is not scraped.

[0073] Next, the cosmetic material applying device 100 can apply the
liquid cosmetic material A impregnated in the applying member 6 to the
hair and can simultaneously comb the hair by the longer direction comb
teeth 5a and the shorter direction comb teeth 5b, by carrying out a
combing motion in such a manner as to press the applying portion 5 to the
hair of the user or the like, after being taken out of the bottom 2.

[0074] In the case of combing the hair by using the main body portion 1,
it indicates an operation of moving the main body portion 1 in a
transverse direction corresponding to a direction which is orthogonal to
a transverse in the axial direction of the applying portion 5, without
being particularly defined.

[0075] Further, in the main body portion 1, the liquid cosmetic material A
is applied to the hair by moving the main body portion 1 while pressing
the top surface T of the applying member 6 to the hair, however, since
the vertex positions are made identical in the longer direction comb
teeth 5a and the shorter direction comb teeth 5b which are provided in
the applying portion 5 at this time, the applying member 6 is flattened
uniformly in the vertical direction so as to enable the impregnated
liquid cosmetic material A to be uniformly applied to the hair.

[0076] Further, since the applying member 6 has an elasticity, a shape of
the applying member 6 is restored as shown in FIG. 6C by taking off the
applying portion 5 from the hair. At this time, since the hair entering
between the comb teeth is pushed out in a direction of the vertex of each
tooth of the comb teeth on the basis of a restoring force of the applying
member 6, it is possible to prevent the hair from entwining with the comb
teeth.

[0077] Further, in the cosmetic material applying device 100, in the case
that it is intended to comb a narrow range such as a border of the hair
or the like, it is possible to easily carry out a fine work such as
combing the narrow portion by using the shorter direction comb teeth 5b
in such a manner as to move the applying portion 5 in the axial
direction.

[0078] Next, a description will be given of a cosmetic material applying
device 200 in accordance with a second embodiment.

[0079] The cosmetic material applying device 200 in accordance with the
second embodiment can be used by being combined with the bottle 2 shown
in FIG. 1 in the same manner as the cosmetic material applying device 100
in accordance with the first embodiment.

[0080] In this case, in the cosmetic material applying device 200 in
accordance with the second embodiment, a use of a container having an
elongated shape such as an illustrated bottle 2 is supposed.

[0081] A difference of the cosmetic material applying device 200 in
accordance with the second embodiment from the cosmetic material applying
device 100 in accordance with the first embodiment exists in a point that
a corner portion 203 is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the
shaft portion 3 of a main body portion 201, in the cosmetic material
applying device 200 as shown in FIG. 7 to FIG. 10. The other structures
have the same structures as the cosmetic material applying device 100 in
accordance with the first embodiment.

[0082] In this case, in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, there is shown the cosmetic
material applying device 200 in which the applying member 6 is not locked
to the applying portion 5, however, the applying member 6 is locked so as
to be used at a time of using the cosmetic material applying device 200.

[0083] The corner portion 203 is formed in such a manner as to extend in
an axial direction of an outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion 3
from an inflected portion of the shaft portion 3 toward the leading end
side 3b, as illustrated. At this time, the corner portion 203 is formed
in an axial direction of an outer peripheral surface in an upper side on
the drawing of the shaft portion 3 expressed in FIG. 7A. This means that
it is formed in such a manner as to extend in the axial direction from
the outer peripheral surface of the leading end side 3b of the shaft
portion 3 coming closest to the inner peripheral wall of the bottle 2 by
being inflected to the base portion side 3a, at a time of inserting the
shaft portion 3 of the main body portion 201 to the bottle 2, as shown in
FIG. 10.

[0084]FIG. 9 is a cross sectional view of the shaft portion 3 taken along
a line A-A in FIG. 7A. As show in this FIG. 9, the corner portion 203 is
one corner which is obtuse in a cross sectional view, and is formed in an
eye drop shape as seen by a cross section of the portion in which the
corner portion 203 of the shaft portion 3 is formed.

[0085] The main body portion 201 having the shaft portion 3 provided with
the corner portion 203 having the shape as mentioned above has a small
diameter and can accommodate the liquid cosmetic material A in an inner
portion thereof, and is supposed to be used in a bottle container which
is provided with an agitating ball K for agitating the liquid cosmetic
material A. In the bottle container mentioned above (the bottle 2 shown
in FIGS. 1 and 10), if the shaft portion 3 in which the cross section
having no corner portion 203 is round and which is inflected in such a
manner as to come dose to the inner peripheral wall of the bottle 2 is
inserted to the bottle 2, a distance between the shaft portion 3 and the
inner peripheral wall of the bottle 2 becomes narrower little by little
from the base end side 3a toward the leading end side 3b of the shaft
portion 3, and there is a case that the agitating ball K is pinched
between the shaft portion 3 and the inner peripheral wall of the bottle 2
so as to come to a state in which it can not be pulled out, at a time of
pulling out the shaft portion 3 mentioned above from the bottle 2.

[0086] However, on the basis of the provision of the corner portion 203 in
the shaft portion 3, even if the agitating ball K is going to enter into
the gap between the shaft portion 3 and the inner peripheral wall of the
bottle 2, the obtuse angle of the corner portion 203 can let the
agitating ball K out of the gap between the shaft portion 3 and the inner
peripheral wall of the bottle 2.

[0087] In the cosmetic material applying device 200 provided with the
corner portion 203 mentioned above, since the other structures than the
corner portion 203 are the same as the cosmetic material applying device
100 in accordance with the first embodiment, it is possible to obtain the
same operations and effects as those of the cosmetic material applying
device 100. Further, on the basis of the provision of the corner portion
203, it is possible to prevent the agitating ball K from being pinched in
the gap between the shaft portion 3 and the inner peripheral wall of the
bottle 2.

[0088] Further, in the present second embodiment, the corner portion 203
is formed at a position between the inflected portion of the shaft
portion 3 and the leading end side 3b, however, this may be formed over a
whole length of the shaft portion 3 from the base end side 3a toward the
leading end side 3b, and two or more may be provided.

[0089] In this case, the corner portion 203 may have an acute angle in
place of the obtuse angle, and a roundness may be formed in the corner of
the corner portion 203 as long as the shape does not pinch the agitating
ball K in the gap between the shaft portion 3 and the inner peripheral
wall of the bottle 2.

[0090] The description is given particularly of the present invention on
the basis of the embodiments, however, the present invention is not
limited to the embodiments mentioned above.

[0091] In the present embodiment, as the structure of the applying portion
5, the longer direction comb teeth 5a are provided one row by one row in
both sides in the longer direction of the applying member 6 which is
locked to the applying portion 5, however, the plural rows may be formed
in such a manner as to be along the shorter direction. In other words,
for example, in the case that the longer direction comb teeth 5a are
formed two rows by two rows in both sides in the longer direction of the
applying member 6, the longer direction comb teeth 5a provided in the
applying portion 5 come to totally four rows.

[0092] Further, in the structure of the shorter direction comb teeth 5b,
in the same manner, the plural rows may be formed in the applying portion
5 in such a manner as to be along the longer direction, in the leading
end portion of the pedestal portion 5e.

[0093] Further, the locking member 5c may be provided in the axial
direction in addition to being provided between the teeth of the longer
direction comb teeth 5a of the applying portion 5. in other words, it may
be provided between the teeth of the shorter direction comb teeth 5b or
in the vicinity of the front side of the wall 3e.